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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2017-04-04 2024-12-05
n/a Peak Measurements 2017-08-29 2024-04-29
n/a Site Visits 2017-05-31 2024-10-07
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 073802284 is associated with a Stream in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Mean water velocity for discharge computation, and more are available. Water data back to 2017 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
073802284 n/a
Site name
New River Canal east of Sorrento, LA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 301121.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0904652.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.18925 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.7812778 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Louisiana 22
State
Louisiana 22
County
Ascension Parish 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description S11 T10S R04E S n/a
Name of location map SORRENTO, LA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
08070204
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
93.86 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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logo for Ascension Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 1
Ascension Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 1
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USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds